Hannah makes Christmas hampers teeming with Christmas cake, cranberry fudge, peppermint creams, mini Christmas puddings, mince pies and gingerbread biscuits. Her finishing touches are a clove-studded orange and cinnamon sticks tied together with ribbon. "This is great for relatives and family friends," she says.

For all the young ones in the family, last year Zena filled small brown bags with cookie ingredients, then tied mini rolling pins and Christmas-shaped cutters to each bag. She then made gift tags, each with a photo of the child receiving the bag - that way the really young ones could see which present was theirs. "They were a BIG hit!"

Helen is making "Gingerbread trees with icing and silver balls on them - all wrapped in cellophane and ribbon."

Everyone loves fudge, which is why so many of those we chatted with on Facebook said they were making it for food gifts at Christmas. We've loads of fudge recipes and a foolproof fudge guide to help beginners.

Might sound difficult, but truffles aren't hard to make and the flavour options are endless. During our Facebook chat, Bethan mentioned she'd love to make truffles, but was worried they might be hard to make. Beryl recommended this recipe: "These truffles are amazing, taste like cheesecake and really easy to do".